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February 2016
469)
Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention
January 2016
468)
Gita 11.29 – The natural is not always desirable
August 2015
467)
Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna
July 2015
466)
Bhagavatam 1.8.21 – Kunti meditates on increasingly intimate manifestations of the Lord
465)
Gita 11.40 – Appreciate that the omnipresent is present in sacred sound
464)
Let verses be intellectual templates for meditating on Krishna
463)
Don’t let the mind drag you away from the tasty to the tasteless
462)
Gita 18.34 – Determination in devotion with material expectation makes devotion unsteady
461)
The success of calling Krishna is in the call itself – Govinda damodara stotra
460)
Treasure the intelligence that enables us to value the treasure of devotion
459)
Gita 06.07 – To attain peace, focus on conquering the inner enemy, not dealing with outer enemies
458)
Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – Realizing that detachment is freedom, not deprivation, is blessing
457)
The Lord is the destroyer of the distress of the distressed
456)
Animate meditation with the warmth of recognition – Govinda Damodara Stotra 15
455)
Cherish Krishna as our supreme spiritual master (krishnam vande jagad-guru)
454)
Gita 13.23 – Contemplate Krishnas proximity to bring intensity to devotion
453)
Venkatesh Stotra 5 – Krishna’s availability for others doesn’t make him unavailable to us
June 2015
452)
CC M 21.136 – Savor the sweetness that supersedes superlatives
April 2015
451)
Naam Ramayana 19 – Remember the experiences of the transcending potency of the Lord’s remembrance
450)
Naam Ramayana 18 – Purity of intention makes even an impure-seeming offering pure
449)
Naam Ramayana 17 – Losing a battle within the world of illusion doesn’t matter if we win the battle against ilusion per se
448)
Naam Ramayana 16 – Neither age nor species is a barrier for bhakti
447)
Naam Ramayana 15 – Seek the blessings of the blessed
March 2015
446)
Naam Ramayana 14 – Respond to adversity with integrity
445)
Naam Ramayana 13 – The Lord’s mercy doesn’t leave anyone out
444)
Naam Ramayana 12 – Devotion is the inner buffer to outer storms
443)
Naam Ramayana 11 – Imbue devotion with desire to relish divine symbiosis
442)
Naam Ramayana 10 – The Lord destroys arrogance and bestows transcendence
441)
Naam Ramayana 9 – Offer the Lord the garland of our heart’s love
440)
Naam Ramayana 8 – Let the Lord enter and enchant our heart
439)
Naam Ramayana 7 – Seek delight in not one’s own glory, but the Lord’s glory
438)
Naam Ramayana 6 – Let the Lord touch and transform our stone-like heart
437)
Naam Ramayana 5 – Call the Lord to destroy the demons who disrupt the inner yajna
436)
Naam Ramayana 4 – Make the Lord your dearest treasure
435)
Naam Ramayana 3 – The illuminator of the universe’s illuminator illuminates our heart
434)
Naam Ramayana 2 – The transcendental becomes accessible as the name
433)
Naam Ramayana 1 – Seek not be conquerors of the mind, but lovers of the Lord
432)
Gauranga Shata Nama 25 – Join the living tradition of divine glorification
431)
Gauranga Shata Nama 24 – The Lord is the life-treasure of his devotees
430)
Gauranga Shata Nama 23 – The Lord blesses everyone across the varnashrama spectrum
429)
Gauranga Shata Nama 22 – Relish the dhama in recollection and association
428)
Gauranga Shata Nama 21 – The Lord forgives and engages everyone
427)
Gauranga Shata Nama 20 – Relish the topmost devotion in the sublimest dance
426)
Gauranga Shata Nama 19 – The Lord releases the voidists from the void
425)
Gauranga Shata Nama 18 – The Lord reveals and raises to the zenith
424)
Gauranga Shata Nama 17 – The Lord’s love-filled heart conquers a jnana-hardened heart
423)
Gauranga Shata Nama 16 – The moving Lord meets the non-moving Lord
422)
Gauranga Shata Nama 15 – The Lord of devotion manifests the summit of renunciation
421)
Gauranga Shata Nama 14 – The world’s challenges are meant to strengthen our devotion
420)
Gauranga Shata Nama 13 – The divine dancer becomes the fearsome lion
February 2015
419)
Gauranga Shata Nama 12 – The omnipotent Lord reverses the river of desire
418)
Gauranga Shata Nama 11 – Offer the heart to our supreme pati
417)
Gauranga Shata Nama 10 – The more we offer ourselves, the more the Lord reveals and charms us
416)
Gauranga Shata Nama 9 – The world of love is revealed through reciprocations with intimate associates
415)
Gauranga Shata Nama 8 – Let the ocean of devotion rescue us from the ocean of tribulation
414)
Gauranga Shata Nama 7 – The follower of dharma becomes the relisher of the para dharma
413)
Gauranga Shata Nama 6 – Let him take away our pride or he will
412)
Gauranga Shata Nama 5 – The Lord is the blesser and the blessing
411)
Gauranga Shata Nama 4 – Those who delude the Lord get deluded by him
410)
Gauranga Shata Nama 3 – His mischief charms his mother’s heart and our heart too
409)
Gauranga Shata Nama 2 – The supreme dancer comes to make our heart dance
408)
Gauranga Shata Nama 1 – Relish the nectar shared by the moon of Mayapur
January 2015
407)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 3 – Remembrance of Krishna is life’s greatest treasure
406)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Drinking poison when nectar is available is tragic
405)
Gita 02.49 – Take shelter of the intelligence to ultimately take shelter of the source of intelligence
404)
Gita 07.26 – Seek reassurance in Krishna’s prescience and competence
403)
Gita 07.29 – Devotion prevents our head-on collision with misery
402)
Gita 02.69 – The darkness will not end if we don’t end our dark desires
401)
Gita 14.14 – Our mental condition is consequential, as is the meditation for improving it
400)
Gita 14.10 – Don’t be captivated by the dramatics in the theater of embodied consciousness
399)
Gita 14.11 – Let knowledge illumine the door of the senses to welcome the holy name
398)
Gita 05.12 – Choice of connection with Krishna is not casual but consequential
397)
Gita 18.58 – Talents are usable but not essential for attaining Krishna’s shelter
December 2014
396)
Gita 11.40 – Relish the symbiosis of Krishna’s omnipresence and his sonic presence
395)
Gita 11.39 – Access the all-pervading one through sacred sound
394)
Gita 11.38 – The source and the goal of all knowledge is known by devotion
393)
Gita 11.37 – Contemplate the Lord’s glory to comprehend his amazing accessibility
392)
Gita 11.36 – Cherish the godly side within to relish God within
391)
Gita 03.08 – To engage the world, first engage the heart in Krishna
390)
Gita 07.13 – Let spiritual desire take us from the surface to the substance
389)
Gita 18.40 – The universality of the malady underscores the necessity of the remedy
388)
Gita 18.62 – Let every mantra offer our heart’s surrender to Krishna
387)
Gita 07.27 – Don’t let inconsequential dualities become consequential
386)
Gita 14.05 – See the modes-induced feelings as alien, not our own
385)
Gita 18.36 – Practice provides pleasure
384)
Gita 05.29 – Knowing Krishna’s greatness and kindness grants profound peace
383)
Gita 18.35 – Use in meditation the capacity to separate contemplation from situation seen in worry
382)
Gita 10.01 – The tirelessly loving Lord mercifully manifests as the easily accessible holy name
381)
Gita 08.06 – Change your contempation during meditation to change your destination after destruction
380)
Gita 07.04 – Deconstruct the world to concentrate on Krishna
379)
Gita 07.05 – Devotion helps us fulfill the purpose the world
378)
Gita 09.34 – Offering is the way of receiving
377)
Gita 18.57 – The shelter of divine intelligence reveals bhakti’s freshness
376)
Gita 12.09 – Transform outer exposure to Krishna into inner experience of Krishna
375)
Gita 12.08 – Let the holy name direct our inner world to Krishna
374)
Gita 18.61 – Give control to Krishna to gain control of the mind
November 2014
373)
Gita 14.27 – To maximize happiness, seek it in Krishna
372)
Gita 03.40 – Don’t mistake inner misleading propaganda with reality
371)
Gita 02.70 – Protect consciousness not by closedness but by fullness
370)
Gita 18.46 – Worship first to make work worship
369)
Gita 05.23 – Tolerance is not passive, but dynamic
368)
Gita 02.61 – Use existing mind control to give control to the supreme controller
367)
Gita 02.69 – Overcome inner resistance by choosing a higher definition of success
366)
Gita 02.15 – Nothing is worth being distracted from Krishna
365)
Gita 02.55 – The holy name takes our quest for happiness beyond the mind to the soul
364)
Gita 03.16 – Absorption in higher things that connects us with the highest reality brings the highest happiness
363)
Gita 6.28 – Let the consciousness rise towards Krishna by the staircase of divine sound
362)
Gita 6.36 – To conquer the mind, use existing mind control in chanting
361)
Gita 18.37 – Long-term commitment & short-term sacrifice guarantee succes
360)
Gita 5.24 – The Holy Name is Krishna manifest outwards to take us inwards
359)
Gita 18.56 – Meditate on the accessibility of bhakti, not its difficulty
August 2014
358)
Gita 08.13 – Cherish remembrance of Krishna to relish the fruit of meditation
357)
Gita 09.19 – Krishna manifests all around us to give us the chance to choose him
356)
Gita 15.12 – Let the holy name illumine the heart with wisdom and devotion
355)
Gita 10.17 – The nectar of Krishna consciousness awaits those who persevere with faith and intelligence
354)
Gita 16.16 – See through materialism’s facade to focus on the supreme non-material reality
July 2014
353)
Gita 18.21 – Go beyond immediate perceptions to relish the holy name
352)
Gita 03.12 – Consciousness is our contribution to the cosmic cycle and satisfaction will be our return
351)
Gita 18.62 – Transcend problems by surrender to attain the supreme peace
350)
SB 10.47.28 – The holy name is the essence of Krishna’s confidential message of love
June 2014
349)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama 16 – Krishna knows the field and can expertly guide us through it
348)
Gita 14.18 – The holy name takes us out of the shackle of the modes
May 2014
347)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama 15 – Krishna is ever-watching and ever-willing to help
346)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama 14 – Krishna brings completeness to our existence and our longing for happiness
345)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 1 – When all other shelters fall, Krishna’s shelter remains tall
344)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama 12 – Our goal cannot liberate us as long as our desires are bound
343)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama 13 – The Lord’s shelter never dwindles
342)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 10-11 – The holy name links us to the Supersoul’s purity and guidance
341)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 8-9 Krishna is the essence of material existence
340)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 5-7 Chanting helps us realize that Krishna is never far away from us
339)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 4 Connecting with the controller of time brings life back in control amidst times of chaos
338)
Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 1-3 Realize how the Lord is never far away from us by chanting
337)
SB 01.07.05 – Chanting frees us from the illusion that makes unnecessities seem necessities
336)
Gita 03.16 – Without the sacrifice of chanting, our life becomes worthless and joyless
April 2014
335)
Gita 05.23 – The disease of material attachments can’t be cured just by knowing the disease or knowing even the cure – we need to take the medicine of the holy name
334)
Gita 15.09 – To avoid the mind’s slavery, beg for Krishna’s service through chanting
333)
Gita 06.27 – The pacification of the mind comes by the purification of the passion
332)
Vedanta Sutra 04.04.23 – The liberation of the soul (anavrttih) happens through the uncovering (anavrttih) of its consciousness
331)
Gita 02.52 – To decrease distraction, increase conviction through education
330)
SB 10.01.07 – Let there be a symbiosis between the outer call of the tongue and the inner call of the heart
329)
SB 10.02.26 – Krishna is the supreme reality – let not temporary realities distract us from him
328)
Lakshmi Narasimha Karuna Rasa Stotra 8 – Beware of the fruit that promises happiness but delivers misery
327)
Lakshmi-Narasimha Karuna-rasa-stotra 7: Counter the poison coming from the fangs of the sense objects with the nectar of devotion
326)
Gita 10.25 – Chanting involves sacrficing that which is most dear to us for the one who is the most dear to us
325)
Chitrakavitvani 2 – Chanting doesn’t make us give up what we naturally like to do – it enables us to do it better and do it for the best purpose
324)
Gita 05.21 – Shut off the outer world to go deep into the inner world and relish happiness unending
323)
Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – The holy name offers a pathway to find good fortune within misfortune
322)
Gita 16.14 – Chanting infuses even the ishvara-bhava with dasya-bhava, thus dovetailing the controlling mentality
321)
SB 07.09.39 – The mind’s madness can be controlled by seeking Krishna’s help through the readymade template of the holy name
320)
Venkatesh Stotram 5 – Contemplate Krishna’s personal and reciprocal nature to bring depth and devotion into the mantra meditation
March 2014
319)
Gita 14.11 The holy name not only brightens the innner landscape as does the mode of goodness but also beautifies it
318)
Gita 05.24 Meditation is the way to the inner world – cherish the inner world to relish meditation
317)
The holy name is a soft comforter and a hard protector (Mukunda Mala Stotra 2)
316)
Gita 09.14 Strive to show Krishna our desire to break the blockages of contaminations and he will do the magic
315)
SB 01.05.38 The holy name offers us easy accessway to deeper, richer, sweeter Krishna consciousness
February 2014
314)
Gita 05.20 – The holy name connects us with spiritual reality and protects us from being overwhelmed by material reality
313)
SB 01.05.36 – Chanting integrates the inner devotion and the outer service dimensions of devotional service
312)
Gita 18.73 – Persistence on our part attracts Krishna’s mercy, unleashing the magic of the holy name
311)
Gita 18.78 – Spiritual success is sure for the determined chanter
310)
SB 01.05.35 – Knowledge will emerge from devotion – focus on chanting
309)
SB 01.05.34 – The very action that causes bondage brings liberation when there is change of intention
308)
SB 01.05.33 – Chanting appears ordinary but is extraordinary – see with the eyes of knowledge
307)
SB 01.05.32 – The holy name is a potent medicine – focus on its potency not on its taste or on our guilt
306)
SB 01.05.31 – Cultivate knowledge to stimulate devotion
305)
SB 01.05.30 Look forward to the holy name’s daily parting gift of strength and taste
304)
SB 01.05.29 – Use the power of goodness for self-propulsion in devotion
303)
SB 01.05.28 – Gain confidence about chanting’s presently unverified potency by meditating on its verified potency
302)
SB 01.05.27 – Taste for Krishna comes by using the gross and subtle bodies in his service and it helps us use those bodies for the perfect purpose
301)
SB 01.05.27 – Persist prayerfully in mind control while the holy name does mind conversion
300)
SB 01.05.26 – The holy name offers the same potent mercy as the mahaprasad of the Vaishnavas
January 2014
299)
SB 01.05.24 – Let the gravity of our speech and conduct show Krishna the intensity of our devotion
298)
SB 01.05.23 – Everyone has to struggle through purification – let the example of the pure inspire us
297)
SB 01.05.22 – All our abilities and acitivities are spiritualized when we endeavor to offer our heart
296)
SB 01.05.21 – Remember the Lord’s compassion to inspire concentration in meditation
295)
SB 01.05.20 – Take heart from Krishna’s closeness when the heart seems cold
294)
SB 01.05.19 – We can’t avoid being haunted – so better to be haunted by the higher taste than the lowe taste
293)
SB 01.05.18 – Using dharma to get that which one can get otherwise underutilizes dharma
292)
SB 01.05.17 Unsuccessful para dharma is far superior to successful apara dharma
291)
SB 01.05.16 – Progression can become a regression if there is no knowledge of destination
290)
SB 01.05.15 Don’t use license to rationalize for staying at the material level
289)
SB 01.05.14 Don’t let material sounds aggravate the mind’s oscillatory tendency – let spiritual sounds minimize it
288)
SB 01.05.13 All good qualifications attain perfection when used for the supremely good purpose of glorifying the all-good Lord
287)
SB 01.05.12 – Cultivate conscientious concentration by contemplating the valuelessness of everything else
286)
SB 01.05.11 – Those who let the peripheral distract them from the central live at the periphery of life
285)
SB 01.05.10 – Don’t let deceptive surface attraction distract from lasting attraction to the essence
284)
SB 01.05.09 – Don’t let the variety and the quantity distract from the quality and the intensity of devotion
283)
SB 01.05.08 – When the heart doesn’t find satisfaction Krishna nothing else brings satisfaction
December 2013
282)
SB 01.05.07 – Krishna is able and eager to guide us – we just need to express our desire for guidance
281)
SB 01.05.06 – The Lord is detached yet masively active – Meditating on him makes us similarly effective
280)
SB 01.05.05 – Remove the blocks that prevent Krishna’s wisdom from entering our head and his mercy from entering our heart
279)
SB 01.05.02 – Don’t let the quest for physical and mental productivity deprive us of spiritual productivity
278)
SB 01.05.03 – The materially magnificent can’t compensate for the spiritually deficient
277)
SB 01.15.28 – Remembrance of Krishna removes inner disturbance even when outer disturbance remains
276)
SB 01.15.27 – When material reality consumes us, philosophy provides the foundation for seeking shelter in spiritual reality
275)
SB 01.15.25-26 – Our spirituality protects our humanity from degenerating into bestiality
274)
SB 01.15.24 – Choosing faith can ensure that the very things which may drag us away from Krishna will impel us towards him
273)
SB 01.15-22-23 – Krishna can integrate into his spiritual masteraplan disasters, even self-induced disasters – always choose faith, not doubt
272)
SB 01.15.21 – Everything can be reduced to nothing in one moment – seek that which is the source of everything
271)
SB 01.15.20 – Beyond all the wrongs of our life – material and spiritual – is the treasure of remembrance of Krishna
270)
SB 01.15.19 – Humble remembrance of our excesses in our relationship with Krishna lets him break the wall between us
269)
SB 01.15.18 – Krishna is an eminently personable God – approach him personally
268)
SB 01.15.17 – In the moment of highest glory remember the object of highest glory to attain the destination of highest glory
267)
SB 01.15.16 – Let the activity or passivity of our surrender not distract us from the glory of the one to whom we surrender
266)
SB 01.15.15 – We win over our anarthas not by our power but when Krishna disempowers them
265)
SB 01.15.14 – See the Krishna factor to make memories of our achievements into memories of Krishna’s benevolence
264)
SB 01.15.13 – By acknowledging the orgin of our talents in Krishna and keeping him as the goal of our accomplishments, we complete the circle of loving reciprocation
263)
SB 01.15.12 – Our devotion is the basis for, not a distraction from, our practical accomplishments
262)
SB 01.15.11 – Dangers are opportunities to realize the reality of Krishna’s shelter
261)
SB 01.15.10 – Let our chanting and our dramatic and traumatic times symbiotically increase our relationship with Krishna
260)
SB 01.15.09 – Krishna provides the best intelligence inputs
259)
SB 01.15.08 – Our calls to Krishna may not break the wall that separates us but they show him we want the wall broken
258)
SB 01.15.07 – Let material triumphs become contributors not distractors in our devotion
257)
SB 01.15.06 – Feel the void in the absence of Krishna, not in his presence
256)
SB 01.15.05 – The loss of our treasures forces us to fall back on the ultimate treasure
255)
SB 01.15.04 – Rich divine emotions await us if we just invest in Krishna whatever emotions we presently have for him
November 2013
254)
SB 01.09.43 – Devotional remembrance is the way out of the dark room to the light of Krishna’s love
253)
SB 01.09.42 – See conflicting conceptions as stimuli for greater absorption, not distraction
252)
SB 01.09.41 – Treasure the glorification of Krishna the way the materialists cherish their own glorification
251)
SB 01.09.40 – The madness of ecstasy offers relief from the madness of misery
250)
SB 01.09.39 – See the beautiful benevolent Lord in all situations and pray for devotion to him
249)
SB 01.09.38 – Krishna’s love is so sublime that it can be relished only by going beyond material vision
248)
SB 01.09.37 – How can we not love the Lord who says to his devotee: ‘Let thy will, not mine, be done’?
247)
SB 01.09.36 – When the eyes take us away, let the head bring us back to Krishna’s lotus feet
246)
SB 01.09.35 – Chanting is the password to a life of supreme adventure
245)
SB 01.09.34 – In every situation Krishna is smiling and waiting for us – and chanting will show how
244)
SB 01.09.33 – Chanting redirects our attraction from agitating worldly forms to the pacifying divine form of Krishna
243)
SB 01.09.32 – To mistake the unproductive to be productive and the productive to be unproductive is terribly unfortunate
242)
SB 01.09.31 – Consciously withdraw the mind from worldly things to relish the enrichment and empowerment of Krishna
241)
SB 01.09.24 – Let Krishna be on the path of not just our perception but also our meditation
240)
SB 01.09.23 – The more we invest emotion the more we relish Krishna’s self-revelation
239)
SB 01.09.22 – Krishna’s mercy is gloriously unfailing – so be determinedly unflinching
238)
SB 01.09.21 – Krishna doesn’t play favorites – his favor is available to us too
237)
SB 01.09.20 – Let petty emotions not cheat us of the richness and sweetness of loving reciprocation with Krishna
236)
SB 01.09.18 – A meditation to prevent familiarity from blinding us to the reality of the identity of the holy name
235)
SB 01.09.17 – Let guilt not tempt us away from our service to Krishna
234)
SB 01.09.16 – Accepting the inconceivability of Krishna’s plan is the only way to inner and outer stability
233)
SB 01.09.15 – When everything goes wrong even after we have done everything right, we can still do one thing right
232)
SB 01.09.14 – When the time is bad, tolerate by seeking Krishna’s guidance
231)
SB 01.09.13 – Don’t point fingers at others or oneself; move the fingers along the beads to take shelter
230)
SB 01.09.12 – Amidst suffering, make the mind run towards Krishna, not away from him
229)
SB 01.09.11 – Focus beyond circumstantial differences among devotees to our eternal agreement in devotion to Krishna
228)
SB 01.09.10 – The Lord within manifests without as the holy name to extend his mercy
227)
SB 01.09.09 – Be dharma jna to separate the central from the peripheral
226)
SB 11.07.32 – Chanting helps us to take shelter of our intelligence and others’ intelligence
225)
SB 11.07.31 – Use the intelligence to realize our need for Krishna, not to exhibit our knowledge about Krishna
224)
SB 11.07.30 – Unravel the mystery of the happiness that comes without the normal sources of happiness
223)
SB 11.23.61 – The way to freedom from misery is not by ending misery, but by rising beyond duality
222)
SB 11.23.60 – Let Krishna’s reassurance of his love rejuvenate us in our strenuous struggle to redirect the mind
221)
SB 11.23.59 – The more we realize the mind’s vital role in our life, the more we give meditation a vital role in our life
220)
SB 11.23.58 – To face present difficulties, gain strength by remembering past realizations
219)
SB 11.23.57 – By firmly holding on to Krishna, we automatically let go of material existence
218)
SB 11.23.56 – The more intelligence awakens, the more fear disappears
October 2013
217)
SB 11.23.55 – Time affects our receptivity but not the holy name’s potency
216)
SB 11.23.54 – Krishna consciousness addresses the root of suffering that goes deeper than karma
215)
SB 11.23.53 – Let remembrance of Krishna power our rise from the material to the spiritual level
214)
SB 11.23.52 – Dismissing our suffering as illusion is no solution
213)
SB 11.23.51 – Our sufferings are self-induced like one limb hurts another limb and must be self-rectified
212)
SB 11.07.29 – When we are burning and suffering why keep ourselves away from the river
211)
SB 11.07.28 – Be observant to perceive contradictions and probe deeper
210)
SB 11.07.27 – Seek the goal beyond the normal goals
209)
SB 11.07.26 – The greatest leaps forward can seem entirely passive externally – be not deluded
208)
SB 11.07.25 – When the inner compass is on the outer map is no longer needed
207)
SB 11.07.24 – Learn to see in the world what is taught in scripture
206)
SB 11.07.23 – Use logical deduction, not mental speculation, to boost meditation
205)
SB 11.23.50 – When the teeth bite the tongue, the blame game never helps
204)
SB 11.07.22 – Krishna values the human form – do we?
203)
SB 11.23.49 – End bhramana by ending bhrama
202)
SB 11.23.48 – Be not sucked in by mind-triggered relationship conflicts
201)
SB 11.07.21 – The endeavor to train the mind never goes in vain
200)
SB 11.07.20 – To benefit from our guru, we have to become our own guru
199)
SB 11.07.19 – We need to become intellectually responsible to benefit from Krishna’s mercy
198)
SB 11.23.47 – Seek God’s power to break free from the godlike power of the autocratic mind
197)
SB 11.07.18 – Be intelligent enough to cooperate with the supremely intelligent doctor
196)
SB 11.07.17 – Singular surrender to the Lord alone enables us to taste the sweetness of his mercy
195)
SB 11.07.16 – Seek instruction to apply instruction
194)
SB 11.07.15 – Don’t make spiritual life unnecessarily difficult by obsessing with saying no
193)
SB 11.07.14 – In yoga, Krishna is the master, benedictor, goal and source
192)
SB 11.07.13 – To make meditation relishable, redirect the inner inquisitiveness from the world to Krishna
191)
SB 11.07.12 – Meditation is a vital necessity for realignment and the resulting best contribution
190)
SB 11.07.11 – Don’t mistake spontaneity to be whimsicality
189)
SB 11.07.10 – Relishing our spiritual glory keeps us undisturbed amidst disturbances
188)
SB 11.07-09 – Subordination to the Lord brings supreme satisfaction
187)
SB 11.23.46 – With mind control everything else is unnecessary; without mind control everything else is useless
186)
SB 11.07.08 – Disconnection with the supremely meaningful makes us seek meaning in the meaningless
185)
SB 11.07.07 – Don’t upgrade material reality disproportionately
184)
SB 11.07.06 – Withdraw from the world to solidify spiritual renewal
183)
SB 11.07.05 – More important than saving the world is saving oneself
182)
SB 11.07.04 – Kaliyuga’s degradation is a part of the Lord’s plan as is redemption through the holy name
181)
SB 11.07.03 – Disaster is also a part of the Lord’s plan
180)
SB 11.07.02 – The Lord’s mission is to not just set things right here but to show us the right way out of here
179)
SB 11.07.01 – The Lord solaces us in his absence through his message
178)
SB 11.23.45 – Chanting offers the best opportunity to fulfill the ultimate purpose of all our activities
177)
SB 11.23.44 – Chanting provides the opportunity to stop embracing the mind and start embracing Krishna
176)
SB 11.23.43 – The mind shapes our post-mortem trajectory; shape the mind by chanting
175)
SB 11.23.42 – The mind is the root of all our problems and chanting is the most effective way to tackle those problems
174)
SB 11.23.30 – Every mantra can be a giant step forward in our journey to Krishna
173)
SB 11.23.29 – The austerity of fixing the mind on Krishna is the pathway to the ecstasy of pure devotion
172)
SB 11.23.28 – Misfortune is mercy if it makes us detached
171)
SB 11.23.27 – Contemplating the ultimate futility of everything material motivates us to focus on the ultimate glory of devotion
170)
SB 11.23.26 – Let the power of illusion remind us of the al-powerful
169)
SB 11.23.25 – The resources we have for purifying ourselves are fast running out
168)
SB 11.23.24 – Devotion enables us to make the best contribution in an interdependent world
167)
SB 11.23.23 – Why stay captivated by the abode of misery instead of being attracted by the abode of ecstasy?
166)
SB 11.23.22 – Focusing on our gifts makes us receptive towards the supreme gift
165)
SB 11.23.21 – Devotion protects us from corruption by our own greed and victimization by others greed
164)
SB 11.23.20 – Greed makes people monstrously insensitive and destroyes relationships
163)
SB 11.23.19 – Let money be a tool to Krishna, not Krishna a tool to money
162)
SB 11.23.18 – Don’t let money replace Krishna in the altar of our heart
161)
SB 11.23.17 – Letting money become our default object of thought leads only to misery
160)
SB 11.23.16 – Greed makes our thinking uni-dimensional
159)
SB 11.23.15 – Lethargy in devotion sentences us to self-torment
158)
SB 11.23.14 – Obsession with artha doesn’t allow us to use it for dharma or even for kama
157)
SB 11.23.13 – Renunciation is a gift that can come anytime Be ready to grab it
156)
SB 5.11.16 – The mind is the foundational designation on avoiding which all other designations crumble
September 2013
155)
SB 5.11.17 – We can’t neglect the mind by being mind-conscious; we need to be conscious of a reality higher than the mind
154)
SB 5.11.15 – Seek a drive that will end misery not one that will continue misery endlessly
153)
SB 5.11.14 – Krishna is closer to us than the mind – seek his shelter to break free from the mind
152)
SB 5.11.13 – The Lord is transcendental and self-revelatory – beg for his mercy by consistent meditation
151)
SB 5.11.12 – See the mind’s notions as temporary and illusory – and stay fixed in our real and eternal identity
150)
SB 5.11.11 – Don’t be caught in the million misconceptions of the mind, focus in meditation on the One who is beyond them all
149)
SB 5.11.10 – To end acceptance of material identity and activity accept devotional identity and activity
148)
SB 5.11.9 – The mind’s home territory is matter, so be patient in counterting its reluctance to contemplate spirit
147)
SB 5.11.8 – Let the inner lamp burn with the flame of love, not the fire of lust
146)
SB 5.11.7 Chanting is not a ritual but a route to rise to reality beyond the reach of the mind
145)
SB 5.11.6 – To break free from the mind’s vicious embrace, embrace Krishna’s lotus feet manifesting as his holy names
144)
SB 5.11.5 The struggle to change what we hold in the mind can grant life’s greatest achievement
143)
SB 5.11.4 The holy name is the goad for controlling the elephant-like mind
142)
SB 5.11.3 Focus on the sound that awakens us from the dream of material existence
141)
SB 5.11.2 Let the hope for material improvement not distract us from the chance for spiritual advancement
140)
SB 5.11.1 Working on purifying the mind requires going beyond the superficial to the substantial
139)
SB 4.9.17 – When we relish the goodness of God, even the good of this world loses its appeal
138)
SB 4.9.16 – The mind’s contradictory currents of emotions are purified and harmonized by devotional meditation
137)
SB 4.9.15 – Bhakti-anukula jnana highlights the difference between us and the Lord and thereby increases our attraction to him
136)
SB 4.9.14 – Connecting the object of our hearing with the object of our meditation enriches our appreciation
135)
SB 4.9.13 – The experience of Krishna is the ultimate doubt destroyer – Let the holy name give us that experience
134)
SB 4.9.12 – The higher taste of devotion frees us from captivation by material emotion
133)
SB 4.9.11 – Devotional service in association enables us to transcend all misery
132)
SB 4.9.10 – Devotional happiness is better than all other pleasures inside and outside material existence
131)
SB 4.9.9 – Why give up the eternal for that which is available everywhere and is just the interaction of dead matter?
130)
SB 4.9.8 Be krita-vida (wise) to see the Lord not just as arta-bandho (reliever of distress) but also as apavarga-sharanam (releaser from bondage)
129)
SB 4.9.7 Devotion activates our awareness of Krishna’s latent presence within everything – even our hearts
128)
SB 4.9.6 Sincerity attracts the Lord to manifest his presence within and without
127)
SB 5.23.14 – Obsession with artha doesn’t allow us to use it for dharma or even for kama
126)
SB 8.3.29 As even my intelligence is conquered by illusion, I can do nothing but simply take shelter
125)
SB 8.3.28 The power to protect the surrendered and trap the unsurrendered both demonstrate the Lord’s glory
August 2013
124)
SB 8.3.27 The Lord is accessible by purity – and by sincerity
123)
SB 8.3.26 The Lord is all around – we just need to become aware
122)
SB 8.3.25 – Please rescue me from the ignorance that makes me mistake danger to be safety
121)
SB 8.3.24 Don’t try to fit the Lord into our conceptual cupboard; just serve him
120)
SB 8.3.23 When we go to the substratum of reality our consciosuness attains stability
119)
SB 8.3.22 Meditation unites the creature with the creator
118)
SB 8.3.21 Krishna being transcendental understands our difficulties and sees beyond to them to our devotional heart
117)
SB 8.3.20 Give yourself the chance to relish the anand-samudra
116)
SB 8.3.19 Speak the Lord’s glories not to remind him but to remind ourselves of them and to express our faith to him
115)
SB 8.3.18 The Lord of all knowledge can make the attached detached and can show the opportunity in adversity
114)
SB 8.3.17 The Lord never tires in connecting with us; why should we tire in connecting with him?
July 2013
113)
SB 8.3.16 We need purification to approach the Lord, but he can approach us through revelation even when we are impure
112)
SB 8.3.15 Use philosophical contemplation to discover the connection of everything with Krishna
111)
SB 8.3.14 The unreal appears real because of the real; so be attracted to the real, not the unreal
110)
SB 8.3.13 Nothing that happens is outside the Lord’s plan. Pray to comprehend our part in it.
109)
SB 8.3.12 The innumerable forms of the Lord manifest his infinite love for us
108)
SB 8.3.11 To let Krishna give us transcendental happiness, we need to direct our consciousness towards transcendence
107)
SB 8.3.10 Praying for revelation is far better than playing with speculation
106)
SB 8.3.9 Let Krishna do his ascharya karma in the heart
105)
SB 8.3.8 The Lord’s coming to us is far more extraordinary than our going to him
104)
SB 8.3.7 By glorifying those who are close to the Lord our heart goes closer to the Lord
103)
SB 8.3.6 Let us not mistake our ignorance of meaning to be the absence of meaning
102)
SB 8.3.5 Let the darkness around become the impetus to seek the undiminishing light
101)
SB 8.3.4 Philosphical contemplation on the Lord’s position stabilizes our inner position
100)
SB 8.3.3 Krishna being immanent and transcendent is eminently capable of helping us
99)
SB 8.3.2 Philosophical absorption in the Lords glories is not meant only for study time or preaching time
98)
SB 7.9.50 The resolution to engage in devotional service with the implicit prayer for aid in keeping that resolution is the conclusive prayer
97)
SB 7.9.49 Go beyond the irreligious and the religious to the transcendental Lord
96)
SB 7.9.48 Devotion is not about disconnecting ourselves from the world but about reconnecting everything including ourselves with its source
95)
SB 7.9.47 The vision of devotion reveals how the Lord pervades everything and yet transceds everything
94)
SB 7.9.46 Superficial religious practices abuse the transcendental for gaining the material
93)
SB 7.9.45 The power of illusion can be overcome only by the power of the Lord
92)
SB 7.9.44 A devotee is neither materially nor spiritually selfish but works to continue the tradition of compassion
91)
SB 7.9.43 The test of spiritual advancement is the change in our understanding of who is missing what
90)
SB 7.9.42 The Lord can do anything and He does do anything for his devotees
89)
SB 7.9.41 Devotional realism starts with initial pessimism and leads to supreme optimism
88)
SB 7.9.40 We are besieged by our inimical senses and need Krishna’s help to break free
87)
SB 7.9.39 – Krishna alone can help us check the misdirected energy of the mind
86)
SB 7.9.38 Krishna never forsakes us in our battle against adharma
85)
SB 7.9.37 – When the modes of passion and ignorance attack, appeal to the Lord to appear to rescue us
84)
7.9.36 – The sweet fruit of austerity makes all the trouble more than worthwhile
83)
SB 7.9.35 – Purification must precede illumination
June 2013
82)
SB 7.9.34 Accepting the futility of searching with the senses starts of our real search
81)
SB 7.9.33 The intellectual search for first principles takes us to the cause of all causes
May 2013
80)
SB 7.9.33 Contemplating Krishnas greatness stimulates and spiritualizes our neediness
79)
SB 7.9.31 By meditating how everything belongs to Krishna we can unburden ourselves of the illusion of being the protector and focus on offering our heart to Krishna
78)
SB 7.9.30 By seeing Krishna where he is manifest we can learn to see him everywhere
77)
SB 7.9.29 By offering credit to others we empty ourselves of ourselves so that Krishna can fill us
76)
SB 7.9.28 Be grateful for the guru’s interrupting our journey to misery
75)
7.9.27 The Lord reciprocates with our service – not our designation
74)
SB 7.9.26 Conscious meditation on our blessings deepens our appreciation for the Lord
73)
SB 7.9.25 Analysis alone is not enough to overcome illusion
72)
SB 7.9.23 The illusion of power sets us up for the agony of powerlessness
71)
SB 7.9.24 The education and conviction that brings about redirection
70)
SB 7.9.22 How we are being crushed by the wheel of time and how we can break free
69)
SB 7.9.20 As all material inquisitiveness ends in Krishna let us put aside the inquisitiveness and focus on Krishna
68)
SB 7.9.21 Only by kindling spiritual desires can we stop the mind from generating material desires
67)
SB 7.9.19 Let the apparent protectors not distract me from the actual protector
66)
SB 7.9.18 The Lord’s pastimes are not for entertainment but for being entered into
65)
SB 7.9.17 The whole business of material desirables and undesirables is undesirable; I desire only your service
64)
SB 7.9.16 A healthy fear of material existence engenders a healthy longing for Krishna
63)
SB 7.9.15 See beyond the adversity at the surface of reality to the love at its substance
62)
SB 7.9.14 Remember the Holy Name to get deliverance from the Hiranyakashipus within
61)
SB 7.9.13 – The Lord appears for our protection and his pleasure
60)
SB 7.9.12 – Krishna’s glorification is for our purification and so doesn’t rest on material or spirtiual qualification
59)
SB 7.9.11 – The ultimate experience of devotional mysticism
58)
SB 7.9.10 – False shelters that keep us away from the true shelter
57)
SB 7.9.9 – What Krishna knows and what he wants to know when we approach him
56)
SB 7.9.8 The feeling that we are disqualified makes us qualified
55)
SB 1.5.19 The higher taste has permanently destroyed us for the lower taste
54)
SB 1.5.18 Why not try the one thing we have never achieved
53)
SB 1.5.14 Let the wind not distract the mind
52)
SB 1.5.12 Re-education of values is essential for the redirection of the heart
51)
SB 1.5.2 Put peripherals aside to focus on Krishna unrestrictedly and undistractedly
March 2013
50)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 19 – Redefining our conceptions of greatness
August 2012
49)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 4 When bathing in holy places becomes like an elephant bathing
48)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 3 When prescribed duties become like oblations in ashes
47)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 2: When fasting becomes a mere fat reducing exercise
46)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 1: When scriptural study becomes like crying in the wilderness
45)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 17 – The holy name offers us employment with the ultimate master
44)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 9 – No better happiness than the remembrance of Krishna
43)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 16 – The only rescue from the waves of material existence
42)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 8 – The lake that rescues from the desert
41)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 10 – 2 Krishna is competent and eager to reciprocate with us
40)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 10 – 1 The remover of misfortune the bestower of fortune
39)
Mukunda Mala Stotray 29 – Neglecting the holy name is an invitation for disaster
July 2012
38)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 15 – 2: The ultimate nectar that bestows supreme liberation
37)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 15-1: The holy name illuminates our inner landscape
36)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 40: The holy name de-glamorizes the sense objects
35)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 26 – Joyfully attain that which is transcendental to transcendence
34)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Why give up nectar for poison?
33)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 41 – Countering the poison of the enjoying mentality
32)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 47: Although i am chanting why am i still suffering?
31)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 7 The mantra that brings success in this life and the next
30)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 6 The mantra that relieves the snakebite of misery
29)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 5 Count the holy names as one counts money for the holy name offers the ultimate enrichment
28)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 4: The spade that digs out the buried treasure
27)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 3 – The mantra that uproots material existence
26)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 2 The mantra that bypasses and surpasses the intellect
25)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 1 The mantra that destroys inner enemies
24)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 4: Return back to our real life by the grace of the holy name
23)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32- 8:O mind, please drink the medicine of the holy name
22)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 7: The holy name empowers us to stick to our resolutions
21)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 6: The holy name frees us from fears worse than death
20)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 5: The holy name enables us to relish the ultimate purpose of existence in this very life
19)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 3: Pay back the tormentors of the mind in their own coin
18)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 2: The holy name helps us see in life what we hear in scripture
17)
Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – I The holy name takes us beyond sense control to mind control
16)
Mukunda mala stotra 3: Remembrance of Krishna is the greatest achievement and the greatest blessing
15)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 38: Chanting offers us an opportunity to reciprocate with Krishna’s expressions of love
14)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 52: Happiness at our tongue-tips
13)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 54: Krishna is the only sustainably satisfying object of thought
12)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 1: Pray like Draupadi to replace the finite with the infinite
11)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 56: The holy name is the shelter beyond pleasure and pain
10)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 25: Neglect the world for the sake of the Holy Name
9)
Govinda Damodara Stotra 9: Let the tongue be a swan that feasts on the lotus of Krishna’s holy name
8)
Harer Namashtakam 8 – Let the world go to the background and let the holy name come the foreground of consciousness
7)
Harer Namashtakam 6: The misfortune of missing the fortune
6)
Harer Namashtakam 7: The fruit of service is the increased desire to serve
June 2012
5)
Harer Namashtakam 5: Access the holy name by the mercy of the Bhagavatas
4)
Harer Namashtakam 2 Japa forces us to practice bhakti undistractedly
3)
Harer Namashtakam 4 We have to make up for lost time, not lose more time
2)
Harer Namashtakam 3 Transform respect for the spiritual master into service to the holy name
1)
Harer Namashtakam 1 Persevering till we get taste